THE DECAMERON The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, No Date Stated [Copyright 1980]. Kredel, Fritz. First Thus. Hardcover. A Fine, tight, and unread copy of the Easton Press Collector's Edition, in the Publisher's red leather with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt and the front and rear board decorated in gilt as well. The leaves are printed on archival paper, the pastedowns and the facing side of each free endpaper is moire fabric, the edges of the closed page block are in gilt, and the volume contains an elegant ribbon page marker; part of the Easton Press's Collector's Edition of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written, with a frontispiece and also with and multiple additional illustrations by Fritz Kredel in the Renaissance manner. The half title's recto hosts the standard Easton Press bookplate with the prior owner's name obscured by white tape. A Fine, tight and unread copy in an elegant binding. Fine / [No Dust Jacket, as issued]. Item #3332
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